Can She Read This?

I am not exactly sure what on earth is going on here. I knew Junebug would have an effect on my life, but I did not realize that would include what shows I am approved to watch. She has made it quite clear that I am not allowed to watch shows that have too much barking, or feature animals that I might find cute. I’m talking about cute animals that I might be commenting on, not that they are making any strange noises. I think she can see very clearly what is on the TV. I put her outside so I could write this to you. I am hoping she can’t read.

One of the most decorated covert agents in U.S. history, Burroughs Rice, has been “on the black” for ten years, deep under cover and running for his life from some of the world’s most dangerous power brokers.

When a mysterious government agency stumbles onto the ex-agent in the wilds of Washington State, they force Rice to deal with a terrible secret. What follows is a harrowing road trip across the American heartland with Rice at war with an army of International mercenaries, an organized crime family, and an ultra-violent biker gang.

Complicating his mission is a young hitchhiker he rescues – and an ER trauma nurse who becomes an unwitting ally.

ON THE BLACK comes to a surprise climax in the nation’s capital – an armed showdown in one of the country’s most famous national treasures.

Based on hundreds of hours of research, including interviews with actual intelligence operatives, ON THE BLACK is epic, suspenseful, and painfully revealing.

Former SEAL and shining Hollywood starlet struggle against their burgeoning desire while trying to stay alive in the crosshairs of a murderous stalker.
Hank “Montana” Patterson never thought his call to duty would force him to leave his band of brothers in the Navy SEALs to return to the family ranch in the foothills of Montana’s Crazy Mountains. News that his father was shot sends him rushing home to take over the reins of the Bear Creek Ranch. His forever-belligerent father refuses his help, insisting Hank find the person who shot him. What Hank learns is the bullet was meant for the neighboring ranch owner, a Hollywood celebrity, and a beautiful actress who once stole Hank’s heart. ?Hometown girl, now a Hollywood mega-star, Sadie McClain shot to fame and fortune on the big screen, earning her star on the walk of fame and a stalker who won’t back off. Escaping to her ranch in Montana, Sadie hopes to avoid her stalker, only to be hunted there as well. In need of a bodyguard with combat skills, Sadie hires her old flame, Hank to do the job.

Together they struggle to overcome their rekindled desire while fighting to stay alive in the crosshairs of a madman.

Sent west by their father to make a new life, the St. Clair siblings have done so — but hardly as he’d wished. Beautiful, headstrong Moira, after pursuing a career on the Paris stage, has returned to Colorado Springs — older, wiser, and certainly much poorer — to see if there’s anything left of a relationship she’d left behind. Older sister Odessa and her husband, Bryce, are struggling to rebuild their ranch after a devastating winter. And then Nic, the prodigal son, turns up — broken, haunted, and sick about leaving his sisters.

At last the family is reunited. But Dominic is still at loose ends, seeking a peace that has always eluded him. Only as he mines an old claim deep in the Rocky Mountains and begins a romance with a local schoolteacher does he begin to understand how passionately he is loved — by God, his family, and a good woman. But even as he relinquishes his fury, Nic discovers there is one last battle to fight…

In 2157, a mysterious gas known as Variant spreads across the globe, killing or mutating most organic life. The surviving humans take refuge in an underground city, determined to return home. But after generations of failures and botched attempts, hope is beginning to dwindle. That is, until a young scientist makes a unique discovery–and everything changes. Suddenly, there’s reason to hope again, and it rests within a group of genetically engineered children that are both human and Variant.

Terry is one of these children, modified and trained to endure the harsh conditions of a planet he cannot begin to understand. After years of preparation, Terry thinks he knows what to expect. But the reality is far stranger than anything he can imagine–and what he will become is far more dangerous.

It only takes a few hours for Yick Lee and Carter Lyle to realize that they’ve picked the wrong day to start working for Lorne Wayne. For the last two years Lorne has feuded with Alistair Marriott over the ownership of the Silver Gulch mine. But now the mine’s giant protection man, Abe Mountain, is hell-bent on ripping apart that feud by blasting into oblivion anyone who stands in his way.
Lee and Carter face a desperate battle to uncover the buried truths about the mine. But can they succeed? And can Abe’s guns be silenced? Only then can the Silver Gulch feud come to an end.